M.B. Austin

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

M.B. Austin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, M.B. Austin has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Pharmacology and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in M.B. Austin's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (10 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (7 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers). M.B. Austin is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (10 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (7 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers). M.B. Austin collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. M.B. Austin's co-authors include Joseph P. Noel, J.-L. Ferrer, Charles Stewart, M.E. Bowman, Joachim Schröder, Bradley S. Moore, Joseph M. Jez, E.K. Bomati, Daniel Udwary and Miho Izumikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

M.B. Austin

16 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The chalcone synthase superfamily of type III polyketide synthases

2002 732 citations M.B. Austin, Joseph P. Noel Natural Product Reports profile →
Structure and function of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of phenylpropanoids

2008 613 citations J.-L. Ferrer, M.B. Austin et al. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M.B. Austin United States	15	1.9k	915	842	274	221	16	2.6k
Nobutaka Funa Japan	24	1.5k 0.8×	480 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	406 1.5×	215 1.0×	33	2.2k
Francis Karst France	36	2.5k 1.3×	677 0.7×	474 0.6×	339 1.2×	59 0.3×	70	3.1k
Gudrun Schröder Germany	28	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	395 0.5×	316 1.2×	95 0.4×	34	2.7k
Mercedes Bonfill Spain	38	2.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	809 1.0×	578 2.1×	153 0.7×	105	4.0k
Lorena Almagro Spain	24	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	218 0.3×	342 1.2×	100 0.5×	66	2.4k
Atanas Pavlov Bulgaria	29	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	352 0.4×	517 1.9×	489 2.2×	126	2.9k
Hsin‐Sheng Tsay Taiwan	27	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	405 0.5×	253 0.9×	109 0.5×	76	2.6k
Lorenzo Caputi Germany	25	1.6k 0.9×	826 0.9×	427 0.5×	273 1.0×	304 1.4×	54	2.5k
Audrey Oudin France	23	1.2k 0.7×	575 0.6×	400 0.5×	162 0.6×	105 0.5×	58	1.7k
Zhihua Liao China	31	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	427 0.5×	324 1.2×	127 0.6×	178	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by M.B. Austin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.B. Austin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M.B. Austin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M.B. Austin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with M.B. Austin. M.B. Austin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

Auldridge, M.E., Yongxia Guo, M.B. Austin, et al.. (2012). Emergent Decarboxylase Activity and Attenuation of α/β-Hydrolase Activity during the Evolution of Methylketone Biosynthesis in Tomato. The Plant Cell. 24(4). 1596–1607. 26 indexed citations

Geng, Yu, M.B. Austin, Nazmul H. Bhuiyan, et al.. (2009). Multiple Biochemical and Morphological Factors Underlie the Production of Methylketones in Tomato Trichomes . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 151(4). 1952–1964. 52 indexed citations

Austin, M.B., Paul E. O’Maille, & Joseph P. Noel. (2008). Evolving biosynthetic tangos negotiate mechanistic landscapes. Nature Chemical Biology. 4(4). 217–222. 52 indexed citations

Ferrer, J.-L., M.B. Austin, Charles Stewart, & Joseph P. Noel. (2008). Structure and function of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of phenylpropanoids. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 46(3). 356–370. 613 indexed citations breakdown →

Baiga, T.J., Haibing Guo, Yalan Xing, et al.. (2008). Metabolite Induction of Caenorhabditis elegans Dauer Larvae Arises via Transport in the Pharynx. ACS Chemical Biology. 3(5). 294–304. 18 indexed citations

Austin, M.B., Tamao Saito, M.E. Bowman, et al.. (2006). Biosynthesis of Dictyostelium discoideum differentiation-inducing factor by a hybrid type I fatty acid–type III polyketide synthase. Nature Chemical Biology. 2(9). 494–502. 93 indexed citations

Song, Lijiang, Francisco Barona‐Gómez, Christophe Corre, et al.. (2006). Type III Polyketide Synthase β-Ketoacyl-ACP Starter Unit and Ethylmalonyl-CoA Extender Unit Selectivity Discovered by Streptomyces coelicolor Genome Mining. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(46). 14754–14755. 125 indexed citations

Noel, Joseph P., M.B. Austin, & E.K. Bomati. (2005). Structure–function relationships in plant phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 8(3). 249–253. 76 indexed citations

Bomati, E.K., M.B. Austin, M.E. Bowman, Richard A. Dixon, & Joseph P. Noel. (2005). Structural Elucidation of Chalcone Reductase and Implications for Deoxychalcone Biosynthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(34). 30496–30503. 87 indexed citations

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Austin, M.B., et al.. (2004). An Aldol Switch Discovered in Stilbene Synthases Mediates Cyclization Specificity of Type III Polyketide Synthases. Chemistry & Biology. 11(9). 1179–1194. 208 indexed citations

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Austin, M.B., Miho Izumikawa, M.E. Bowman, et al.. (2004). Crystal Structure of a Bacterial Type III Polyketide Synthase and Enzymatic Control of Reactive Polyketide Intermediates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(43). 45162–45174. 145 indexed citations

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Austin, M.B. & Joseph P. Noel. (2003). The Chalcone Synthase Superfamily of Type III Polyketide Synthases. ChemInform. 34(17). 8 indexed citations

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Austin, M.B. & Joseph P. Noel. (2002). The chalcone synthase superfamily of type III polyketide synthases. Natural Product Reports. 20(1). 79–110. 732 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moore, Bradley S., Christian Hertweck, Jörn Hopke, et al.. (2002). Plant-like Biosynthetic Pathways in Bacteria: From Benzoic Acid to Chalcone. Journal of Natural Products. 65(12). 1956–1962. 91 indexed citations

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Jez, Joseph M., J.-L. Ferrer, M.E. Bowman, et al.. (2001). Structure and mechanism of chalcone synthase-like polyketide synthases. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 27(6). 393–398. 43 indexed citations

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Jez, Joseph M., et al.. (2000). Structural control of polyketide formation in plant-specific polyketide synthases. Chemistry & Biology. 7(12). 919–930. 228 indexed citations

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